the law is there; it should be used. our whole approach is to give local authorities the power they need, and the discretion they need, to take action for the good of their communities; that is the change we want to bring. >> building work is already under way on a new campus for skelmersdale and ormskirk college in my constituency, so it was a real shock to find that £4 million committed to the project will now not be available because of the government's decision to stop the budgets of the regional development agency with immediate effect. could the prime minister please meet me and those at the college to try to find a way through? the building is already going up, and this would be a real embodiment of a hand up to the young people of skelmersdale and the start of the regeneration of skelmersdale. >> the honorable lady is absolutely right to raise this specific case, and i will go away and look at it. in the budget, while we did make difficult decisions, and some spending reductions were made, we actually put some m